The Reflecting Pool fiasco reminds me of an example of maintenance neglect and incompetence from my childhood.

[Aristus]

I grew up in a Southern family, based mostly in Alabama and Georgia. My branch of the family lived in Texas. But, in stereotypical Southern fashion, had oodles of cousins all over the region.

Every few years, we would gather for a family reunion at a recreation area in Tallassee, Alabama. It had cabins, a lodge, and an outdoor swimming pool. The pool was popular with the dozens and dozens of kids who came with their branch of the family. Cooling off in the sizzling Alabama heat was the highlight of the reunion.

We skipped the family reunion a number of times if we were overseas on one of my Dad’s assignments, or too far away in the States to travel to Alabama.

One year we went back for a reunion, and while they still held the gathering, the recreation area was a shambles. Overgrown with weeds, paint peeling off the cabins, and the once popular and inviting swimming pool now gone green and slimy, and a lively home for tadpoles.

Don’t know why I thought of that. Maybe the maintenance contractor then exists today, and does shoddy work for Trump.